Data transmission method, and apparatus

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and an apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, first indication information of an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink control information. The first indication information of the uplink resource includes information used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1 uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource. The type 1 uplink resource includes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain, where when a subcarrier quantity of subcarriers is greater than or equal to 2, the subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resource includes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is approximately 3.75 kHz.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2016/070527, filed on Jan. 8, 2016, the disclosure of which ishereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of communicationstechnologies, and in particular, to a data transmission method and anapparatus.

BACKGROUND

Currently, in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, user equipment (UE)detects downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink subframe. TheDCI includes scheduling information used by the UE to send a physicaluplink shared channel (PUSCH) and scheduling information used by the UEto receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), for example, aquantity of physical resource blocks used in a frequency domain, a usedmodulation and coding scheme or modulation scheme, and a quantity ofbits included in a carried transport block. The PUSCH channel mainlycarries uplink data sent by a terminal, and is sent by means ofsingle-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA). A smallestscheduling granularity in the frequency domain is one physical resourceblock (PRB). One PRB includes 12 orthogonal subcarriers in the frequencydomain, and a subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz. Therefore, one PRB includesa 180 kHz frequency resource.

However, with rapid development of communications technologies, an LTEterminal that can support a plurality of types of terminal capabilitieshas been available. For example, that a terminal supports a type 1terminal capability means that a terminal can send a single subcarrierby means of SC-FDMA at an orthogonal subcarrier spacing of 3.75 kHz inuplink, or send a single sub-channel by means of FDMA at a sub-channelbandbandwith of 3.75 kHz in uplink; that a terminal supports a type 2terminal capability means that a terminal can send a single subcarrierby means of SC-FDMA at an orthogonal subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz inuplink; or that a terminal supports a type 3 terminal capability meansthat a terminal can send a plurality of subcarriers by means of SC-FDMAat an orthogonal subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz in uplink. A terminal thatsupports all of the three types of terminal capabilities supports anorthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technology indownlink, and a subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz. The terminal can supportany one or more of the three types of terminal capabilities.

However, the smallest scheduling granularity of the LTE system is onePRB, that is, a 180 kHz frequency resource, scheduling of a singlesubcarrier or a plurality of subcarriers is not supported, and a radiofrequency bandwith of the terminal that supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability ranges from 3.75 kHz to180 kHz. Therefore, the LTE system cannot receive information on asynchronization channel or a broadcast channel in the existing LTEsystem, and cannot perform communication normally. In this case, a datatransmission method and an apparatus are urgently required.

SUMMARY

To resolve a prior-art problem, embodiments of the present inventionprovide a data processing method and an apparatus.

According to a first aspect, a data transmission method is provided,where the method includes:

obtaining, by a terminal, first indication information of an uplinkresource used for sending uplink data or uplink control information,where

the first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource; the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is approximately 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplinkresource includes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and atleast one frequency division multiple access (FDMA) symbol in a timedomain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is approximately 3.75 kHz;and the type 2 uplink resource includes at least one subcarrier in thefrequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol in the time domain,where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than or equal to 2,subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is 15kHz; and

the first indication information of the uplink resource further includestime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the obtaining, by a terminal, first indicationinformation of an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplinkcontrol information includes:

receiving, by the terminal, system information sent by a base station,where the system information includes the time-domain information and/orthe frequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource, and/orthe time-domain information and/or the frequency-domain information ofthe type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment,

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, the firstindication information is used to indicate that the uplink resource isthe type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3terminal capability, the first indication information is used toindicate that the uplink resource is the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability and a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, after the obtaining, by a terminal, first indicationinformation, the method further includes:

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, sending, by theterminal, the uplink data or the uplink control information on the type1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability or the type 3terminal capability, sending, by the terminal, the uplink data or theuplink control information on the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, sending, by the terminal,the uplink data or the uplink control information on the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the method further includes:

obtaining, by the terminal, second indication information of the uplinkresource used for sending the uplink data, where the second indicationinformation includes subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal;

the subcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain; and

the sub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

In one embodiment, the obtaining, by the terminal, second indicationinformation of the uplink resource used for sending the uplink dataincludes:

receiving, by the terminal, downlink control information DCI or a randomaccess response RAR sent by the base station, where the DCI or the RARincludes the second indication information.

In one embodiment, when the DCI or the RAR further includes schedulinginformation used to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data, afterthe receiving, by the terminal, DCI or an RAR sent by the base station,the method further includes:

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, sending, by theterminal, the uplink data on the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability or the type 3terminal capability, sending, by the terminal, the uplink data on thetype 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, sending, by the terminal,the uplink data on the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource.

In one embodiment, the sending, by the terminal, the uplink data on thetype 1 uplink resource includes:

sending, by the terminal on the type 1 uplink resource according to afirst timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource,the uplink data scheduled by using the scheduling information, where thefirst timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource isused to indicate a timing relationship between the schedulinginformation included in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduledby using the scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the method further includes:

after the terminal sends the uplink data scheduled by using thescheduling information, receiving, by the terminal on the type 1downlink resource according to a second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, response feedbackinformation sent by the base station, where the second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In one embodiment, the sending, by the terminal, the uplink data on thetype 2 uplink resource includes:

sending, by the terminal on the type 2 uplink resource according to afirst timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource,the uplink data scheduled by using the scheduling information, where thefirst timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource isused to indicate a timing relationship between the schedulinginformation included in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduledby using the scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the method further includes:

after the terminal sends the uplink data scheduled by using thescheduling information, receiving, by the terminal on the type 2downlink resource according to a second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, response feedbackinformation sent by the base station, where the second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In one embodiment,

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, thereceiving, by the terminal, DCI or an RAR sent by the base stationincludes: detecting, by the terminal, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR further includes thescheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send the uplinkdata;

when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, the receiving, by the terminal, DCI or an RAR sentby the base station includes: detecting, by the terminal, the DCI or theRAR on the type 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includesthe scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send theuplink data; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, the receiving, by theterminal, DCI or an RAR sent by the base station includes: detecting, bythe terminal, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlink resource and/orthe type 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includes thescheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send the uplinkdata.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, theDCI or the RAR further includes third indication information used toindicate whether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data bythe terminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource.

In one embodiment,

if the received DCI is in a first DCI format, the third indicationinformation indicates subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 1 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal; or if the received DCI is in a second DCI format, the thirdindication information indicates subcarrier information or sub-channelinformation of the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplinkdata by the terminal; or

if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a first scrambling code, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in the DCI is scrambledby using a second scrambling code, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

In one embodiment, before the receiving, by the terminal, DCI or an RARsent by the base station, the method further includes:

sending, by the terminal, random access information on a physical randomaccess channel (PRACH), where a bandwidth occupied by each PRACH channelin the frequency domain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 15 kHzand less than or equal to 180 kHz, and the random access information isa random preamble, an orthogonal sequence code, or a modulation symbol.

In one embodiment, before the sending, by the terminal, random accessinformation on a PRACH, the method further includes:

receiving, by the terminal, system information sent by the base station,where the system information includes configuration information of thePRACH channel, and the configuration information of the PRACH channelincludes information about a type 1 PRACH channel and/or informationabout a type 2 PRACH channel;

a bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is approximately 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and the information aboutthe type 1 PRACH channel includes at least one of the following: aquantity of type 1 PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index orlocation information of the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain; and

a bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain,or index or location information of the type 2 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

In one embodiment, the terminal sends a randomly selected randompreamble or orthogonal sequence code to the base station on a randomlyselected PRACH channel at each random access information sendingopportunity; or

the terminal sends a random preamble or an orthogonal sequence code tothe base station at n times, where the terminal occupies a PRACH channelat each random access information sending opportunity, to send a segmentof the random preamble or the orthogonal sequence code, and n is aninteger greater than or equal to 1.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 2 terminal capability, the terminal sends therandom access information to the base station on the type 1 PRACHchannel; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 3 terminal capability, the terminal sends the random accessinformation to the base station on the type 2 PRACH channel.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 2 terminal capability,

after the terminal sends the random access information to the basestation on the type 1 PRACH channel, the method further includes:

receiving, by the terminal on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 1 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the basestation, where the timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACHchannel is used to indicate a timing relationship between the randomaccess information sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the basestation.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 3 terminal capability,

after the terminal sends the random access information to the basestation on the type 2 PRACH channel, the method further includes:

receiving, by the terminal on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 2 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the basestation, where the timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACHchannel is used to indicate a timing relationship between the randomaccess information sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the basestation.

According to a second aspect, a data transmission method is provided,where the method includes:

sending, by a base station, system information to a terminal, where thesystem information includes first indication information used toindicate an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplinkcontrol information by the terminal;

the first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource; the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is approximately 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplinkresource includes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and atleast one FDMA symbol in a time domain, where a bandwith of eachsub-channel is 3.75 kHz; and the type 2 uplink resource includes atleast one subcarrier in the frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMAsymbol in the time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity is greaterthan or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and asubcarrier spacing is approximately 15 kHz; and

the first indication information of the uplink resource further includestime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment,

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, the firstindication information is used to indicate that the uplink resource isthe type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3terminal capability, the first indication information is used toindicate that the uplink resource is the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability and a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the method further includes:

sending, by the base station, downlink control information DCI or arandom access response RAR to the terminal, where the DCI or the RARincludes second indication information used to indicate the uplinkresource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal;

the second indication information includes subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal;

the subcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain; and

the sub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

In one embodiment, the DCI or the RAR further includes schedulinginformation used to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data, andafter the sending, by the base station, DCI or an RAR to the terminal,the method further includes:

receiving, on the type 1 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on thetype 1 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 1 terminalcapability; or

receiving, on the type 2 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on thetype 2 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 2 terminalcapability or the type 3 terminal capability; or

receiving, on the type 1 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on thetype 1 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability; or receiving, on the type2 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource bythe terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability.

In one embodiment, the receiving, by the base station on the type 1uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource bythe terminal includes:

receiving, by the base station on the type 1 uplink resource accordingto a first timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource, the uplink data that is scheduled by using the schedulinginformation and that is sent by the terminal, where the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationincluded in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information.

In one embodiment,

after the base station receives, on the type 1 uplink resource, theuplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling information andthat is sent by the terminal, sending, by the base station on the type 1downlink resource according to a second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, response feedbackinformation to the terminal, where the second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used to indicate a timingrelationship between the uplink data sent by the terminal and theresponse feedback information corresponding to the uplink data.

In one embodiment, the receiving, by the base station on the type 2uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource bythe terminal includes:

receiving, by the base station on the type 2 uplink resource accordingto a first timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource, the uplink data that is scheduled by using the schedulinginformation and that is sent by the terminal, where the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationincluded in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the method further includes:

after the base station receives, on the type 2 uplink resource, theuplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling information andthat is sent by the terminal, sending, by the base station on the type 2downlink resource according to a second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, response feedbackinformation to the terminal, where the second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used to indicate a timingrelationship between the uplink data sent by the terminal and theresponse feedback information corresponding to the uplink data.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability, the sending, by the base station, DCI or an RAR to theterminal includes: sending, by the base station, the DCI or the RAR onthe type 1 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR further includesthe scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send theuplink data;

when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, the sending, by the base station, DCI or an RAR tothe terminal includes: sending, by the base station, the DCI or the RARon the type 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includes thescheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send the uplinkdata; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, the sending, by the basestation, DCI or an RAR to the terminal includes: sending, by the basestation, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlink resource and/or thetype 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includes thescheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send the uplinkdata.

In one embodiment, when the DCI or the RAR includes the secondindication information, and the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability or the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, theDCI or the RAR further includes third indication information used toindicate whether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data bythe terminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource.

In one embodiment, if the DCI is in a first DCI format, the thirdindication information indicates subcarrier information or sub-channelinformation of the type 1 uplink resource used for sending the uplinkdata by the terminal; or if the DCI is in a second DCI format, the thirdindication information indicates subcarrier information or sub-channelinformation of the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplinkdata by the terminal; or

if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a first scrambling code, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in the DCI is scrambledby using a second scrambling code, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

In one embodiment, before the sending, by the base station, DCI or anRAR to the terminal, the method further includes:

receiving, by the base station, random access information sent on aPRACH by the terminal, where a bandwidth occupied by each PRACH channelin the frequency domain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 15 kHzand less than or equal to 180 kHz, and the random access information isa random preamble, an orthogonal sequence code, or a modulation symbol.

In one embodiment, before the receiving, by the base station, randomaccess information sent on a PRACH by the terminal, the method furtherincludes:

sending, by the base station, system information to the terminal, wherethe system information includes configuration information of the PRACHchannel, and the configuration information of the PRACH channel includesinformation about a type 1 PRACH channel and/or information about a type2 PRACH channel;

a bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and the information about the type 1 PRACHchannel includes at least one of the following: a quantity of type 1PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index or location informationof the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequency domain; and

a bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain,or index or location information of the type 2 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

In one embodiment, the receiving, by the base station, random accessinformation sent on a PRACH by the terminal includes:

receiving, by the base station, a randomly selected random preamble ororthogonal sequence code sent by the terminal on a randomly selectedPRACH channel at each random access information sending opportunity; or

receiving, by the base station, a random preamble or an orthogonalsequence code sent by the terminal at n times, where the terminaloccupies a PRACH channel at each random access information sendingopportunity, to send a segment of the random preamble or the orthogonalsequence code, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 2 terminal capability, the base stationreceives, on the type 1 PRACH channel, the random access informationsent by the terminal; or

when the terminal supports the type 3 terminal capability, the basestation receives, on the type 2 PRACH channel, the random accessinformation sent by the terminal.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 2 terminal capability,

after the base station receives, on the type 1 PRACH channel, the randomaccess information sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

sending, by the base station on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 1 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel, the RAR to the terminal,where the timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channelis used to indicate a timing relationship between the random accessinformation sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 3 terminalcapability,

after the base station receives, on the type 2 PRACH channel, the randomaccess information sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

sending, by the base station on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 2 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, the RAR to the terminal,where the timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channelis used to indicate a timing relationship between the random accessinformation sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

According to a third aspect, a terminal is provided, where the terminalincludes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain first indication information ofan uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink controlinformation, where

the first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource; the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is approximately 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplinkresource includes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and atleast one FDMA symbol in a time domain, where a bandwith of eachsub-channel is approximately 3.75 kHz; and the type 2 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in the frequency domain and at leastone SC-FDMA symbol in the time domain, where when a subcarrier quantityis greater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is approximately 15 kHz; and

the first indication information of the uplink resource further includestime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is configured to:

receive system information sent by a base station, where the systeminformation includes the time-domain information and/or thefrequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource, and/or thetime-domain information and/or the frequency-domain information of thetype 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment,

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, the firstindication information is used to indicate that the uplink resource isthe type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3terminal capability, the first indication information is used toindicate that the uplink resource is the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability and a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the terminal further includes:

a sending unit, configured to: if the terminal supports the type 1terminal capability, send the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation on the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability or the type 3terminal capability, send the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation on the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, send the uplink data orthe uplink control information on the type 1 uplink resource or the type2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is further configured to obtainsecond indication information of the uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data, where the second indication information includessubcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink databy the terminal;

the subcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain; and

the sub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

In one embodiment, that the obtaining unit is configured to obtainsecond indication information of the uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data includes:

receiving downlink control information DCI or a random access responseRAR sent by the base station, where the DCI or the RAR includes thesecond indication information.

In one embodiment, the sending unit is further configured to:

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, send the uplinkdata on the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability or the type 3terminal capability, send the uplink data on the type 2 uplink resource;or

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, send the uplink data onthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to send theuplink data on the type 1 uplink resource includes:

sending, on the type 1 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled by using scheduling information, where the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationincluded in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is further configured to: afterthe sending unit sends the uplink data scheduled by using the schedulinginformation, receive, on the type 1 downlink resource according to asecond timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource,response feedback information sent by the base station, where the secondtiming relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is usedto indicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to send theuplink data on the type 2 uplink resource includes:

sending, on the type 2 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled by using scheduling information, where the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationincluded in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is further configured to: afterthe sending unit sends the uplink data scheduled by using the schedulinginformation, receive, on the type 2 downlink resource according to asecond timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource,response feedback information sent by the base station, where the secondtiming relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is usedto indicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In one embodiment, that the obtaining unit is configured to receive DCIor an RAR sent by the base station includes:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, detecting, bythe obtaining unit, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlink resource,where the DCI or the RAR further includes the scheduling informationused to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data;

when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, detecting, by the obtaining unit, the DCI or theRAR on the type 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includesthe scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send theuplink data; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, detecting, by theobtaining unit, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlink resourceand/or the type 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includesthe scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send theuplink data.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, theDCI or the RAR further includes third indication information used toindicate whether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data bythe terminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource.

In one embodiment, if the received DCI is in a first DCI format, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the received DCI is in a secondDCI format, the third indication information indicates subcarrierinformation or sub-channel information of the type 2 uplink resourceused for sending the uplink data by the terminal; or

if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a first scrambling code, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in the DCI is scrambledby using a second scrambling code, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the sending unit is further configured to send randomaccess information on a PRACH, where a bandwidth occupied by each PRACHchannel in the frequency domain is approximately 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, oris greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and the randomaccess information is a random preamble, an orthogonal sequence code, ora modulation symbol.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit is further configured to receivesystem information sent by the base station, where the systeminformation includes configuration information of the PRACH channel, andthe configuration information of the PRACH channel includes informationabout a type 1 PRACH channel and/or information about a type 2 PRACHchannel;

a bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and the information about the type 1 PRACHchannel includes at least one of the following: a quantity of type 1PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index or location informationof the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequency domain; and

a bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain,or index or location information of the type 2 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to send randomaccess information on a PRACH includes:

sending a randomly selected random preamble or orthogonal sequence codeto the base station on a randomly selected PRACH channel at each randomaccess information sending opportunity; or

sending a random preamble or an orthogonal sequence code to the basestation at n times, where a PRACH channel is occupied at each randomaccess information sending opportunity, to send a segment of the randompreamble or the orthogonal sequence code, and n is an integer greaterthan or equal to 1.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to send randomaccess information on a PRACH includes:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 2 terminal capability, sending the random access information to thebase station on the type 1 PRACH channel; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 3 terminal capability, sending the random access information to thebase station on the type 2 PRACH channel.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 2 terminal capability, the obtaining unit isfurther configured to:

receive, on a downlink resource corresponding to the type 1 PRACHchannel and according to a timing relationship corresponding to the type1 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the base station, where the timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel is used toindicate a timing relationship between the random access informationsent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

In one embodiment, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 3 terminal capability, the obtaining unit isfurther configured to:

receive, on a downlink resource corresponding to the type 2 PRACHchannel and according to a timing relationship corresponding to the type2 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the base station, where the timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel is used toindicate a timing relationship between the random access informationsent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

According to a fourth aspect, a base station is provided, where the basestation includes:

a sending unit, configured to send system information to a terminal,where the system information includes first indication information usedto indicate an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplinkcontrol information by the terminal;

the first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource; the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and at least oneFDMA symbol in a time domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is3.75 kHz; and the type 2 uplink resource includes at least onesubcarrier in the frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol inthe time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than orequal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrierspacing is 15 kHz; and

the first indication information of the uplink resource further includestime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment,

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, the firstindication information is used to indicate that the uplink resource isthe type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3terminal capability, the first indication information is used toindicate that the uplink resource is the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability and a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In one embodiment, the sending unit is further configured to send DCI oran RAR to the terminal, where the DCI or the RAR includes secondindication information used to indicate the uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal;

the second indication information includes sub carrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal;

the subcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain; and

the sub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

In one embodiment, the base station further includes:

a receiving unit, configured to: receive, on the type 1 uplink resource,the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource by the terminal thatsupports the type 1 terminal capability; or

receive, on the type 2 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type2 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 2 terminalcapability or the type 3 terminal capability; or

receive, on the type 1 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type1 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability; or receive, on the type 2uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource bythe terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability.

In one embodiment, that the receiving unit receives, on the type 1uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource bythe terminal includes:

receiving, on the type 1 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, the uplinkdata that is scheduled by using scheduling information and that is sentby the terminal, where the first timing relationship corresponding tothe type 1 uplink resource is used to indicate a timing relationshipbetween the scheduling information included in the DCI or the RAR andthe uplink data scheduled by using the scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the sending unit is further configured to: after theuplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling information andthat is sent by the terminal is received on the type 1 uplink resource,send, on the type 1 downlink resource according to a second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, responsefeedback information to the terminal, where the second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In one embodiment, that the receiving unit receives, on the type 2uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource bythe terminal includes:

receiving, on the type 2 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, the uplinkdata that is scheduled by using scheduling information and that is sentby the terminal, where the first timing relationship corresponding tothe type 2 uplink resource is used to indicate a timing relationshipbetween the scheduling information included in the DCI or the RAR andthe uplink data scheduled by using the scheduling information.

In one embodiment, the sending unit is further configured to: after theuplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling information andthat is sent by the terminal is received on the type 2 uplink resource,send, on the type 2 downlink resource according to a second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, responsefeedback information to the terminal, where the second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to send DCI or anRAR to the terminal includes:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, sending theDCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RARfurther includes the scheduling information used to schedule theterminal to send the uplink data;

when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, sending the DCI or the RAR on the type 2 downlinkresource, where the DCI or the RAR includes the scheduling informationused to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, sending the DCI or theRAR on the type 1 downlink resource and/or the type 2 downlink resource,where the DCI or the RAR includes the scheduling information used toschedule the terminal to send the uplink data.

In one embodiment, when the DCI or the RAR includes the secondindication information, and the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability or the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, theDCI or the RAR further includes third indication information used toindicate whether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data bythe terminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource.

In one embodiment,

if the DCI is in a first DCI format, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type1 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal; orif the DCI is in a second DCI format, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal; or

if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a first scrambling code, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in the DCI is scrambledby using a second scrambling code, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

In one embodiment, the receiving unit is further configured to receiverandom access information sent on a PRACH by the terminal, where abandwidth occupied by each PRACH channel in the frequency domain is 3.75kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180kHz, and the random access information is a random preamble, anorthogonal sequence code, or a modulation symbol.

In one embodiment, the sending unit is further configured to send systeminformation to the terminal, where the system information includesconfiguration information of the PRACH channel, and the configurationinformation of the PRACH channel includes information about a type 1PRACH channel and/or information about a type 2 PRACH channel;

a bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and the information about the type 1 PRACHchannel includes at least one of the following: a quantity of type 1PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index or location informationof the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequency domain; and

a bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain,or index or location information of the type 2 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

In one embodiment, that the receiving unit is configured to receiverandom access information sent on a PRACH by the terminal includes:

receiving a randomly selected random preamble or orthogonal sequencecode sent by the terminal on a randomly selected PRACH channel at eachrandom access information sending opportunity; or

receiving a random preamble or an orthogonal sequence code sent by theterminal at n times, where the terminal occupies a PRACH channel at eachrandom access information sending opportunity, to send a segment of therandom preamble or the orthogonal sequence code, and n is an integergreater than or equal to 1.

In one embodiment, that the receiving unit is configured to receiverandom access information sent on a PRACH by the terminal includes:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 2 terminal capability, receiving, on the type 1 PRACH channel, therandom access information sent by the terminal; or

when the terminal supports the type 3 terminal capability, receiving, onthe type 2 PRACH channel, the random access information sent by theterminal.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to receive, onthe type 1 PRACH channel, the random access information sent by theterminal includes: sending, on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 1 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel, the RAR to the terminal,where the timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channelis used to indicate a timing relationship between the random accessinformation sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

In one embodiment, that the sending unit is configured to receive, onthe type 2 PRACH channel, the random access information sent by theterminal includes: sending, on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 2 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, the RAR to the terminal,where the timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channelis used to indicate a timing relationship between the random accessinformation sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

According to a fifth aspect, a terminal is provided, where the terminalincludes a processor, a memory, a system bus, and a communicationsinterface, where

the memory is configured to store a computer executable instruction, theprocessor is connected to the memory by using the system bus, and whenthe base station runs, the processor executes the computer executableinstruction stored in the memory, so that the terminal executes the datatransmission method according to any one of the first aspect to thenineteenth possible implementation of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, a base station is provided, where the basestation includes a processor, a memory, a system bus, and acommunications interface, where

the memory is configured to store a computer executable instruction, theprocessor is connected to the memory by using the system bus, and whenthe base station runs, the processor executes the computer executableinstruction stored in the memory, so that the base station executes thedata transmission method according to any one of the second aspect tothe sixteenth possible implementation of the second aspect.

According to the data transmission method and the apparatus provided inthe embodiments of the present invention, the base station sends thesystem information to the terminal, where the system informationincludes the first indication information used to indicate the uplinkresource used for sending the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation by the terminal, and the first indication informationincludes the information used to indicate whether the uplink resource isthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource, and thetime-domain information and/or the frequency-domain information of thetype 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource; and then, theterminal obtains the first indication information of the uplink resourceused for sending the uplink data or the uplink control information, andsends, based on the first indication information, uplink and downlinkdata sent and received on corresponding uplink and downlink resources.In this way, based on an existing LTE system, the base station canperform uplink and downlink data transmission with the terminal thatsupports any one, two, or three of the type 1 terminal capability, thetype 2 terminal capability, or the type 3 terminal capability. Thisimproves resource utilization of the LTE system and the base station.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram of a communications systemaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a first data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a second data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a third data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of a first timing relationship of a type1 uplink resource according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a fourth data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a second timing relationship of a type1 uplink resource according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of a first timing relationship of a type2 uplink resource according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of a second timing relationship of a type2 uplink resource according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a fifth data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a preamble sending format according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another preamble sending formataccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of still another preamble sending formataccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a sixth data transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10A is a schematic diagram of a timing relationship correspondingto a type 1 PRACH channel according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 10B is a schematic diagram of a timing relationship correspondingto a type 2 PRACH channel according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of another base stationaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of still another terminalaccording to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of still another base stationaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Key concepts and terms used in the present invention and an applicationscenario are briefly described before the present invention isdescribed.

The related key concepts and terms are as follows:

1. Three Types of Terminal Capabilities (Collectively Referred to as aNew Terminal Capability):

The three types of terminal capabilities are defined according to anuplink orthogonal subcarrier spacing supported by a terminal and/or aquantity of subcarriers or sub-channels supported by the terminal.Details are as follows.

Type 1 terminal capability: allows to send a single subcarrier by meansof SC-FDMA at an orthogonal subcarrier spacing of 3.75 kHz in uplink, orsend a single sub-channel by means of FDMA at a sub-channel bandwith of3.75 kHz in uplink.

Type 2 terminal capability: allows to send a single subcarrier by meansof SC-FDMA at an orthogonal subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz in uplink.

Type 3 terminal capability: allows to send a plurality of subcarriers bymeans of SC-FDMA at an orthogonal subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz inuplink.

It should be noted that a user terminal in the embodiments of thepresent invention may be an existing LTE terminal, or may be a terminalhaving one or more of the foregoing types of terminal capabilities(hereinafter referred to as a new terminal). The existing LTE terminalcan send orthogonal subcarriers by means of SC-FDMA at a subcarrierspacing of 15 kHz in uplink. A smallest scheduling granularity is onePRB that includes 12 orthogonal subcarriers, that is, 180 kHz.Scheduling of a single subcarrier or a plurality of subcarriers is notsupported.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention, there is nonecessary correspondence between a terminal capability and a terminaltype. There may be a plurality of methods for distinguishing betweenterminal types according to terminal capabilities supported byterminals. For example, the foregoing three types of terminalcapabilities may be corresponding to three different terminal types,that is, terminals that support one type of terminal capability arecategorized as a terminal type. For another example, terminals thatsupport both the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2 terminalcapability are categorized as a terminal type, and terminals thatsupport both the type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminalcapability are categorized as another terminal type. Certainly, theforegoing is only used as an example for description. Specificcategorization may be performed according to an actual case, and is notlimited in the embodiments of the present invention.

In addition, the new terminal in the embodiments of the presentinvention is mainly applied to Internet of Things communication;therefore, a system that supports the new terminal may be referred to asa Narrowband Internet of Things (NBIOT) system.

2. Two Types of Uplink Resources and Two Types of Downlink Resources:

In the embodiments of the present invention, the two types of uplinkresources include a type 1 uplink resource and a type 2 uplink resource,the two types of downlink resources include a type 1 downlink resourceand a type 2 downlink resource. Details are as follows.

Type 1 uplink resource: The type 1 uplink resource includes at least onesubcarrier in a frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol in atime domain, where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than or equalto 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacingis 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resource includes at least onesub-channel in a frequency domain and at least one FDMA symbol in a timedomain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is 3.75 kHz.

Type 2 uplink resource: The type 2 uplink resource includes at least onesubcarrier in the frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol inthe time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than orequal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrierspacing is 15 kHz.

Type 1 downlink resource and type 2 downlink resource: The type 1downlink resource is corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, andthe type 2 downlink resource is corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource. The correspondence herein is a correspondence between types ofuplink and downlink resources, and does not represent a correspondencebetween quantities of uplink and downlink resources. For example, thetype 1 downlink resource is one physical resource block PRB, that is,180 kHz, the type 1 uplink resource has a bandwith of 30 kHz, and the180 kHz type 1 downlink resource may be corresponding to at least one 30kHz type 1 uplink resource. A specific correspondence may be preset. Forexample, a correspondence is related to a frequency band used in asystem and is clearly specified in a standard or specification, or acorrespondence is obtained according to a downlink synchronizationsignal or a reference signal that is sent by a system, or notificationmay be provided in system information. This is not limited in theembodiments of the present invention. In addition, the type 1 downlinkresource and the type 2 downlink resource may be the same or differentin the time domain and in the frequency domain. When the type 1 downlinkresource and the type 2 downlink resource are the same in the timedomain and in the frequency domain, the type 1 downlink resource and thetype 2 downlink resource indicate a same downlink resource. In thiscase, the same downlink resource may be corresponding to both the type 1uplink resource and the type 2 uplink resource. When the type 1 downlinkresource and the type 2 downlink resource are different in the timedomain, or in the frequency domain, or in both the time domain and thefrequency domain, that the downlink resources are different in the timedomain includes at least one of the following: different timestartpoints, different periods, or different duration, and that thedownlink resources are different in the frequency domain includes atleast one of the following: different occupied frequency ranges,different occupied frequency startpoints, different quantities ofoccupied subcarriers, or the like. In addition, orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing OFDM symbols are transmitted on both the type 1downlink resource and the type 2 downlink resource, and a subcarrierspacing is 15 kHz.

3. Two Types of PRACH Channels:

Type 1 PRACH channel: A bandwidth occupied by the type 1 PRACH channelin the frequency domain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz. Information about thetype 1 PRACH channel includes at least one of the following: a quantityof type 1 PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index or locationinformation of the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequency domain.

Type 2 PRACH channel: A bandwidth occupied by the type 2 PRACH channelin the frequency domain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to180 kHz. Information about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at leastone of the following: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in thefrequency domain, or index or location information of the type 2 PRACHchannel in the frequency domain.

Application scenarios in the embodiments of the present invention can besubstantially classified into three types according to differentfrequency resources used. In a first scenario, that is, a scenario ofindependent deployment, a new terminal capability is supported indedicated frequency resource networking, and a used frequency resourcemay be a resource in a frequency band recycled from a GSM system, or ina frequency band used by a 3G system or an LTE system. In the scenarioof independent deployment, a system supports an LTE terminal that hasonly one or more types of new terminal capabilities and has no otherterminal capabilities. In a second scenario, that is, a scenario ofguard space deployment, a frequency resource used by a system is locatedin a guard space between frequency bands used in an LTE system. In athird scenario, that is, a scenario of in-band deployment, a usedfrequency resource is located in one standard carrier in an LTE system,for example, within a bandbandwith of 10 MHz or 20 MHz, that is, both anordinary LTE terminal capability and one or more types of new terminalcapabilities are supported within one standard carrier in the LTEsystem. Therefore, in order not to affect normal communication of anordinary LTE terminal, maximum sending power that can be used to send adownlink channel in an NBIOT system in the third scenario may besmaller.

FIG. 1 shows a system architecture of a communications system used in anembodiment of the present invention. The system architecture includes abase station 101, a user terminal 102, and a communication channel 103.

The base station 101 has a function of scheduling a shared channel, thatis, performs scheduling based on a history of sending packet data to theuser terminal 102. Scheduling means that, when a plurality of userterminals 102 share a transmission resource, a mechanism is required toeffectively allocate a physical-layer resource, so as to obtain astatistical multiplexing gain.

There may be a plurality of user terminals 102. In addition, a userterminal 102 has functions of sending and receiving data by using acommunication channel 103 established between the user terminal 102 anda base station 101. The user terminal 102 performs sending or receivingprocessing on a shared channel according to information sent by using ascheduling control channel. In addition, the user terminal 102 may be amobile station, a mobile phone, a computer, a portable terminal, or thelike. Types of the user terminals 102 may be the same, or may bedifferent.

Data is received and sent between the base station 101 and the userterminal 102 by using the communication channel 103. The communicationchannel 103 may be a radio communication channel. The radiocommunication channel includes at least a shared channel and ascheduling control channel. The shared channel is shared between aplurality of user terminals 102 to send and receive packet data. Thescheduling control channel is used to send shared-channel allocation, acorresponding scheduling result, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission method accordingto an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, themethod includes the following several operations.

Operation 201: A base station sends system information to a terminal,where the system information includes first indication information usedto indicate an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplinkcontrol information by the terminal.

The first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource. The type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and at least oneFDMA symbol in a time domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is3.75 kHz. The type 2 uplink resource includes at least one subcarrier inthe frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol in the time domain,where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than or equal to 2,subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is 15kHz.

In addition, the first indication information of the uplink resourcefurther includes time-domain information and/or frequency-domaininformation of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

The first indication information may indicate different informationcontent according to different capabilities supported by the terminal.Specifically, if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, thefirst indication information is used to indicate that the uplinkresource is the type 1 uplink resource; if the terminal supports a type2 terminal capability or a type 3 terminal capability, the firstindication information is used to indicate that the uplink resource isthe type 2 uplink resource; or if the terminal supports a type 1terminal capability and a type 2 terminal capability, or the terminalsupports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 3 terminal capability,the first indication information is used to indicate that the uplinkresource is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

It should be noted that the system information sent by the base stationto the terminal is at least one of the following: system informationcarried on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), a system informationblock sent, by means of scheduling based on downlink controlinformation, or an information block sent in a non-scheduling manner.Sending in a non-scheduling manner means that a resource mapping mannerfor mapping an information block to a time-frequency resource forsending is a preset manner, for example, a preset manner that is clearlyspecified in a standard or specification.

In addition, when the base station sends the system information to theterminal, the base station may send the system information to allterminals in a cell. Before the system information is sent, if the basestation does not know terminal capabilities supported by all theterminals in the cell, the system information may further includeinformation about the type 1 uplink resource and information about thetype 2 uplink resource. The information about the type 1 uplink resourceis used for the terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability orthe terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability or the type 1 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability. The information about the type 2 uplink resource isused for the terminal that supports the type 2 terminal capability orthe type 3 terminal capability or the terminal that supports the type 1terminal capability and the type 2 terminal capability or the type 1terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability.

In addition, the first indication information of the uplink resourcefurther includes time-domain information and/or frequency-domaininformation of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.The time-domain information includes at least one of the following: aspecific radio frame in which the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource is available, a specific subframe in which the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource is available, or a period,a startpoint, and duration for availability of the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource. The frequency-domain informationincludes at least one of the following: a quantity of subcarriersincluded in the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource, asubcarrier index or location information of the type 1 uplink resourceor the type 2 uplink resource in the frequency domain, or a subcarrierindex or location information of a reference subcarrier in the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource in the frequency domain.

Operation 202: The terminal receives the system information sent by thebase station, where the system information includes information about atype 1 uplink resource in a time domain and/or a frequency domain,and/or information about a type 2 uplink resource in the time domainand/or the frequency domain.

When the uplink resource includes the type 1 uplink resource and thetype 2 uplink resource, time division multiplexing (TDM) may be used forthe type 1 uplink resource and the type 2 uplink resource, and thesystem information may include the information about the type 1 uplinkresource in the time domain, and the information about the type 2 uplinkresource in the time domain; or frequency division multiplexing (FDM)may be used for the type 1 uplink resource and the type 2 uplinkresource, and the system information may include the information aboutthe type 1 uplink resource in the frequency domain, and the informationabout the type 2 uplink resource in the frequency domain; or a hybridmultiplexing manner of TDM and FDM may be used for the type 1 uplinkresource and the type 2 uplink resource, and the system information mayinclude the information about the type 1 uplink resource in the timedomain and in the frequency domain, and the information about the type 2uplink resource in the time domain and in the frequency domain.

It should be noted that the time-domain information includes at leastone of the following: a specific radio frame in which the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource is available, a specific subframein which the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource isavailable, or a period, a startpoint, and duration for availability ofthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource; and thefrequency-domain information includes at least one of the following: aquantity of subcarriers included in the type 1 uplink resource or thetype 2 uplink resource, a subcarrier index or location information ofthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource in thefrequency domain, or a subcarrier index or location information of areference subcarrier in the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource in the frequency domain.

That is, when the TDM is used for the type 1 uplink resource and thetype 2 uplink resource, the system information is used to indicate thatthe time-domain information corresponding to the type 1 uplink resourceand the time-domain information corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource are mutually exclusive, that is, no type 2 uplink resource isavailable when the type 1 uplink resource is available, or no type 1uplink resource is available when the type 2 uplink resource isavailable. When the FDM is used for the type 1 uplink resource and thetype 2 uplink resource, the system information is used to indicate thatthe frequency-domain information corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource and the frequency-domain information corresponding to the type2 uplink resource are mutually exclusive, that is, no type 2 uplinkresource is available on a frequency on which the type 1 uplink resourceis available, or no type 1 uplink resource is available on a frequencyon which the type 2 uplink resource is available. When the hybridmultiplexing manner of the TDM and the FDM is used for the type 1 uplinkresource and the type 2 uplink resource, the system information is usedto indicate that the time-domain information corresponding to the type 1uplink resource and the time-domain formation corresponding to the type2 uplink resource are mutually exclusive, and the frequency-domaininformation corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource and thefrequency-domain information corresponding to the type 2 uplink resourceare mutually exclusive, that is, indicating, within a period of time,that the time-domain information corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource and the time-domain information corresponding to the type 2uplink resource are mutually exclusive, and indicating, within anotherperiod of time, that the frequency-domain information corresponding tothe type 1 uplink resource and the frequency-domain informationcorresponding to the type 2 uplink resource are mutually exclusive.

Specifically, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability,the terminal may obtain, from the system information, the informationabout the type 1 uplink resource. When the terminal supports the type 2terminal capability and/or the type 3 terminal capability, the terminalmay obtain, from the system information, the information about the type2 uplink resource. When the terminal supports at least one of the type 1terminal capability, the type 2 terminal capability, or the type 3terminal capability, the terminal may obtain, from the systeminformation, at least one of the information about the type 1 uplinkresource or the information about the type 2 uplink resource.

In addition to obtaining the first indication information of the uplinkresource from the system information sent by the base station, theterminal may obtain the first indication information of the uplinkresource according to preset information. That is, the presetinformation includes information content indicated by the firstindication information, and the preset information may be preset. Thepreset information is clearly specified in the standard orspecification; there is a correspondence between the preset informationand information about a frequency band used for system deployment; thereis a correspondence between the preset information and a synchronizationsignal or a reference signal sent in downlink by a system, where thecorrespondence may be described in the standard or specification; or thelike. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Further, referring to FIG. 3, after operation 202, the method furtherincludes the following operations.

Operation 203: The base station sends DCI or an RAR to the terminal,where the DCI or the RAR includes second indication information of theuplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

The second indication information includes subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal. Thesubcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain. Thesub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

The terminal may support one or two of the type 1 terminal capability,the type 2 terminal capability, or the type 3 terminal capability, orall of the three types of terminal capabilities. Therefore, whenterminal capabilities supported by the terminal are different, the basestation sends the DCI or the RAR to the terminal by using differentmethods. Details are as follows.

When the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, that the basestation sends DCI or an RAR to the terminal includes: sending, by thebase station, the DCI or the RAR on a type 1 downlink resource, wherethe DCI or the RAR further includes scheduling information used toschedule the terminal to send the uplink data.

When the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, that the base station sends DCI or an RAR to theterminal includes: sending, by the base station, the DCI or the RAR on atype 2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includes schedulinginformation used to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data.

When the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, that the base stationsends DCI or an RAR to the terminal includes: sending, by the basestation, the DCI or the RAR on a type 1 downlink resource and/or a type2 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RAR includes schedulinginformation used to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data.

When the DCI or the RAR includes the second indication information, andthe terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, the DCI or the RARfurther includes third indication information used to indicate whetherthe uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal isthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource. Alternatively,regardless of whether the terminal supports one, two, or three of thetype 1 terminal capability, the type 2 terminal capability, or the type3 terminal capability, the DCI or the RAR includes third indicationinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal is the type 1 uplink resource orthe type 2 uplink resource.

Specifically, the DCI or the RAR includes information about oneindicator field. The indicator field indicates, by using differentvalues, whether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data bythe terminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource. The indicator field also indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal.

Alternatively, the DCI or the RAR includes information about twoindicator fields. One indicator field indicates, by using differentvalues, whether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data bythe terminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource, and the other indicator field indicates subcarrier informationor sub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal.

Alternatively, if the DCI is in a first DCI format, the third indicationinformation indicates subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 1 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal; or if the DCI is in a second DCI format, the third indicationinformation indicates subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal.

Alternatively, if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a firstscrambling code, the third indication information indicates subcarrierinformation or sub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resourceused for sending the uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in theDCI is scrambled by using a second scrambling code, the third indicationinformation indicates subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal.

It should be noted that the type 1 downlink resource is corresponding tothe type 1 uplink resource, and the type 2 downlink resource iscorresponding to the type 2 uplink resource. The correspondence hereinis a correspondence between types of uplink and downlink resources, anddoes not represent a correspondence between quantities of uplink anddownlink resources. For example, the type 1 downlink resource is onephysical resource block PRB, that is, 180 kHz, the type 1 uplinkresource includes 30 kHz, and the 180 kHz type 1 downlink resource maybe corresponding to at least one 30 kHz type 1 uplink resource. Aspecific correspondence may be preset. For example, a correspondence isrelated to a frequency band used in a system and is clearly specified ina standard or specification, or a correspondence is obtained accordingto a downlink synchronization signal or a reference signal that is sentby a system, or notification may be provided in system information. Thisis not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. In addition,the type 1 downlink resource and the type 2 downlink resource may be thesame or different in the time domain and in the frequency domain. Whenthe type 1 downlink resource and the type 2 downlink resource are thesame in the time domain and in the frequency domain, the type 1 downlinkresource and the type 2 downlink resource indicate a same downlinkresource. In this case, the same downlink resource may be correspondingto both the type 1 uplink resource and the type 2 uplink resource. Whenthe type 1 downlink resource and the type 2 downlink resource aredifferent in the time domain, or in the frequency domain, or in both thetime domain and the frequency domain, that the downlink resources aredifferent in the time domain includes at least one of the following:different time startpoints, different periods, or different duration,and that the downlink resources are different in the frequency domainincludes at least one of the following: different occupied frequencyranges, different occupied frequency startpoints, different quantitiesof occupied subcarriers, or the like. In addition, orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing OFDM symbols are transmitted on both the type 1downlink resource and the type 2 downlink resource, and a subcarrierspacing is 15 kHz.

In addition, the scheduling information that is used to schedule theterminal to send the uplink data and that is included in the DCI or theRAR indicates an uplink data sending format, and includes at least oneof the following: a quantity of subcarriers used in the frequencydomain, a used modulation scheme, or a quantity of resources used in thetime domain, such as a subframe quantity or a quantity of bits includedin a transport block. Specifically, when the terminal supports the type1 terminal capability and/or the type 2 terminal capability, thequantity of subcarriers used in the frequency domain is constantly 1,and the DCI or the RAR may not include the subcarrier quantity; or whenthe terminal supports the type 3 terminal capability, at least onesubcarrier, and a maximum of 12 subcarriers, are used in the frequencydomain.

In addition, the uplink data sent by the terminal is mapped onto aphysical uplink shared channel. If there is uplink control informationthat needs to be sent at a same moment as the uplink data, both theuplink control information and the uplink data may be mapped onto thephysical uplink shared channel. The uplink control information includesacknowledgment information used to indicate whether downlink data iscorrectly received or information that reflects channel stateinformation CSI.

In addition, when the first DCI format and the second DCI format areused for sending, different time-frequency resources may be used, orquantities of bits included in the DCI in the first DCI format and inthe DCI in the second DCI format are different. Alternatively, when thefirst DCI format and the second DCI format are used for sending, usedtime-frequency resources are different, and quantities of bits includedin the DCI in the first DCI format and in the DCI in the second DCIformat are different. Alternatively, when the first DCI format and thesecond DCI format are used for sending, used time-frequency resourcesare the same, and quantities of bits included in the DCI in the firstDCI format and in the DCI in the second DCI format are the same.

Operation 204: The terminal receives the DCI or the RAR sent by the basestation, where the DCI or the RAR includes the second indicationinformation.

Correspondingly, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability, the terminal receives, on the type 1 downlink resource, theDCI or the RAR sent by the base station. The DCI or the RAR furtherincludes the scheduling information used to schedule the terminal tosend the uplink data.

When the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, the terminal receives, on the type 2 downlinkresource, the DCI or the RAR sent by the base station. The DCI or theRAR includes scheduling information used to schedule the terminal tosend the uplink data.

When the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, the terminal may receive,on the type 1 downlink resource and/or the type 2 downlink resource, theDCI or the RAR sent by the base station. The DCI or the RAR includesscheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send the uplinkdata.

Optionally, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capabilityand the type 2 terminal capability or the terminal supports the type 1terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, higher layersignaling, such as radio resource control (RRC) signaling, RRCreconfiguration signaling, or Media Access Control (MAC) signaling,indicates whether the uplink resource used by the terminal is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource. Before receiving thehigher layer signaling, the terminal may detect the DCI or the RAR onboth the type 1 downlink resource and the type 2 downlink resource. Whendetecting the DCI, the terminal may detect an indicator field includedin the DCI or the RAR, a DCI format, or different scrambling codes forCRC in the DCI. For details, refer to operation 203, and details are notdescribed again in this embodiment of the present invention.

When the DCI or the RAR includes the second indication information, andthe terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, the DCI or the RARfurther includes third indication information used to indicate whetherthe uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal isthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource. Alternatively,regardless of whether the terminal supports one, two, or three of thetype 1 terminal capability, the type 2 terminal capability, or the type3 terminal capability, the DCI or the RAR includes third indicationinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal is the type 1 uplink resource orthe type 2 uplink resource.

It should be noted that the third indication information and thescheduling information that are in operation 204 are respectivelysimilar to the third indication information and the schedulinginformation that are in operation 203, and details are not describedagain in this embodiment of the present invention.

Further, referring to FIG. 4, when the DCI or the RAR further includesthe scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send theuplink data, after operation 204, the method further includes:

Operation 205 a: If the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability, the terminal sends the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation on the type 1 uplink resource.

Correspondingly, the method further includes:

Operation 206 a: The base station receives, on the type 1 uplinkresource, the uplink data or the uplink control information sent on thetype 1 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 1 terminalcapability.

Alternatively, after operation 204, the method further includes:

Operation 205 b: If the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capabilityor the type 3 terminal capability, the terminal sends the uplink data orthe uplink control information on the type 2 uplink resource.

Correspondingly, the method further includes:

Operation 206 b: The base station receives, on the type 2 uplinkresource, the uplink data or the uplink control information sent on thetype 2 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 2 terminalcapability or the type 3 terminal capability.

Alternatively, after operation 204, the method further includes:

Operation 205 c: If the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capabilityand the type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, the terminalsends the uplink data or the uplink control information on the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

Correspondingly, the method further includes:

Operation 206 c: The base station receives, on the type 1 uplinkresource, the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource by theterminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability; or receives, on the type 2 uplink resource, theuplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource by the terminal thatsupports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminalcapability.

It should be noted that a sequence of performing the three groups ofoperations, that is, operation 205 a and operation 206 a, operation 205b and operation 206 b, and operation 205 c and operation 206 c is notlimited, and the three groups of operations are parallel. Specifically,which group or groups of the operations are performed by the basestation and the terminal depends on a terminal capability or terminalcapabilities supported by the terminal.

Further, that the terminal sends the uplink data on the type 1 uplinkresource in operation 205 a and operation 205 c includes: sending, bythe terminal on the type 1 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled by using the scheduling information. A spacing betweensubcarriers in the type 1 uplink resource is 3.75 kHz, or a bandwith ofeach sub-channel is 3.75 kHz.

The first timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between thescheduling information included in the DCI or the RAR and the uplinkdata scheduled by using the scheduling information.

Correspondingly, that the base station receives, on the type 1 uplinkresource, the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource by theterminal in operation 206 a and operation 206 c includes: receiving, bythe base station on the type 1 uplink resource according to a firsttiming relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, theuplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling information andthat is sent by the terminal. A spacing between subcarriers in the type1 uplink resource is 3.75 kHz, or a bandwith of each sub-channel is 3.75kHz.

It should be noted that the timing relationship between the schedulinginformation included in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduledby using the scheduling information refers to a time difference betweena subframe number of an end subframe for sending the DCI or the RAR anda subframe number of a start subframe for sending the uplink data, and aframe quantity, a subframe quantity, a scheduling time interval TTIquantity, or the like is used as a unit. Alternatively, when a pluralityof subframes are occupied for sending the DCI or the RAR, the timingrelationship may refer to a time difference between a subframe number ofa start subframe for sending the DCI or the RAR and a subframe number ofa start subframe for sending the uplink data, or refer to a timedifference, when the terminal correctly receives the DCI or the RAR,between a subframe number of a subframe for sending the DCI or the RARand a subframe number of a start subframe for sending the uplink data.For example, a time difference T11 between a subframe number of an endsubframe for sending the DCI or the RAR and a subframe number of a startsubframe for sending the uplink data is used in the present invention,as shown in FIG. 4A.

Further, referring to FIG. 5, after the base station receives, on thetype 1 uplink resource, the uplink data that is scheduled by using thescheduling information and that is sent by the terminal, the methodfurther includes:

Operation 207 a: The base station sends response feedback information tothe terminal on the type 1 downlink resource according to a secondtiming relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource.

The second timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between the uplinkdata sent by the terminal and the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data.

It should be noted that the timing relationship between the uplink datasent by the terminal and the response feedback information correspondingto the uplink data refers to a time difference between a subframe numberof an end subframe for sending the uplink data by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the response feedbackinformation corresponding to the uplink data, and a frame quantity, asubframe quantity, a scheduling time interval TTI quantity, or the likeis used as a unit. Alternatively, when a plurality of subframes areoccupied for sending the uplink data sent by the terminal, the timingrelationship may refer to a time difference between a subframe number ofa start subframe for sending the uplink data by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the response feedbackinformation corresponding to the uplink data, or refer to a timedifference, when the base station correctly receives the uplink datasent by the terminal, between a subframe number of a subframe forsending the uplink data and a subframe number of a start subframe forsending the response feedback information corresponding to the uplinkdata. For example, a time difference T12 between a subframe number of anend subframe for sending the uplink data by the terminal and a subframenumber of a start subframe for sending the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data is used in the present invention, asshown in FIG. 5A.

In addition, the first timing relationship T11 corresponding to the type1 uplink resource and the second timing relationship T12 correspondingto the type 1 uplink resource may be preset, may be included in the DCIor the RAR, or may be included in the system information. This is notspecifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention. Beingpreset means having been clearly specified in a standard orspecification.

In addition, the response feedback information sent to the terminal bythe base station on the type 1 downlink resource may be an ACK/a NACK.When the response feedback information is an ACK, it indicates that thebase station correctly receives the uplink data sent by the terminal; orwhen the response feedback information is a NACK, it indicates that thebase station receives the uplink data sent by the terminal, but does notdecode the uplink data correctly. The ACK/NACK may be carried on adedicated physical channel, and a resource mapping manner of thephysical channel is preset, for example, clearly specified in a standardor specification; or the ACK/NACK may be included in downlink controlinformation DCI to be sent next time, for example, the DCI includes anindicator field that is used to indicate the ACK/NACK. This is notlimited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Similarly, that the terminal sends the uplink data on the type 2 uplinkresource in operation 205 b and operation 205 c includes: sending, bythe terminal on the type 2 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled by using the scheduling information. A spacing betweensubcarriers in the type 2 uplink resource is 15 kHz.

The first timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between thescheduling information included in the DCI or the RAR and the uplinkdata scheduled by using the scheduling information.

It should be noted that the timing relationship between the schedulinginformation included in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduledby using the scheduling information refers to a time difference betweena subframe number of an end subframe for sending the DCI or the RAR anda subframe number of a start subframe for sending the uplink data, and aframe quantity, a subframe quantity, a scheduling time interval TTIquantity, or the like is used as a unit. Alternatively, when a pluralityof subframes are occupied for sending the DCI or the RAR, the timingrelationship may refer to a time difference between a subframe number ofa start subframe for sending the DCI or the RAR and a subframe number ofa start subframe for sending the uplink data, or refer to a timedifference, when the terminal correctly receives the DCI or the RAR,between a subframe number of a subframe for sending the DCI or the RARand a subframe number of a start subframe for sending the uplink data.For example, a time difference T21 between a subframe number of an endsubframe for sending the DCI or the RAR and a subframe number of a startsubframe for sending the uplink data is used in the present invention,as shown in FIG. 5B.

Correspondingly, that the base station receives, on the type 2 uplinkresource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource by theterminal in operation 206 b and operation 206 c includes: receiving, bythe base station on the type 2 uplink resource according to a firsttiming relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, theuplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling information andthat is sent by the terminal. A spacing between subcarriers in the type2 uplink resource is 15 kHz.

Further, after the base station receives, on the type 2 uplink resource,the uplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling informationand that is sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

Operation 207 b: The base station sends response feedback information tothe terminal on the type 2 downlink resource according to a secondtiming relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource.

The second timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between the uplinkdata sent by the terminal and the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data.

It should be noted that the timing relationship between the uplink datasent by the terminal and the response feedback information correspondingto the uplink data refers to a time difference between a subframe numberof an end subframe for sending the uplink data by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the response feedbackinformation corresponding to the uplink data, and a frame quantity, asubframe quantity, a scheduling time interval TTI quantity, or the likeis used as a unit. Alternatively, when a plurality of subframes areoccupied for the uplink data sent by the terminal, the timingrelationship may refer to a time difference between a subframe number ofa start subframe for sending the uplink data by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the response feedbackinformation corresponding to the uplink data, or refer to a timedifference, when the base station correctly receives the uplink datasent by the terminal, between a subframe number of a subframe forsending the uplink data and a subframe number of a start subframe forsending the response feedback information corresponding to the uplinkdata. For example, a time difference T22 between a subframe number of anend subframe for sending the uplink data by the terminal and a subframenumber of a start subframe for sending the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data is used in the present invention, asshown in FIG. 5C.

In addition, the first timing relationship T21 corresponding to the type2 uplink resource and the second timing relationship T22 correspondingto the type 2 uplink resource may be preset, may be included in the DCIor the RAR, or may be included in the system information. This is notspecifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention. Beingpreset means having been clearly specified in a standard orspecification.

In addition, the response feedback information sent to the terminal onthe type 2 downlink resource by the base station may be an ACK/a NACK.When the response feedback information is an ACK, it indicates that thebase station correctly receives the uplink data sent by the terminal; orwhen the response feedback information is a NACK, it indicates that thebase station receives the uplink data sent by the terminal, but does notdecode the uplink data correctly. The ACK/NACK may be carried on adedicated physical channel, and a resource mapping manner of thephysical channel is preset, for example, clearly specified in a standardor specification; or the ACK/NACK may be included in downlink controlinformation DCI to be sent next time, for example, the DCI includes anindicator field that is used to indicate the ACK/NACK. This is notlimited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In addition, the first timing relationship T11 corresponding to the type1 uplink resource and the first timing relationship T21 corresponding tothe type 2 uplink resource may be the same, or may be different. Thesecond timing relationship T12 corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource and the second timing relationship T22 corresponding to thetype 2 uplink resource may be the same, or may be different.

It should be noted that a sequence of performing operation 207 a andoperation 207 b is not limited, the two operations are parallel, andwhich operation is performed by the base station depends on a type of anuplink resource used by the terminal.

Further, referring to FIG. 6, before operation 201, the method furtherincludes the following operations.

Operation 208: The terminal sends random access information on a PRACH,where a bandwidth occupied by each PRACH channel in the frequency domainis approximately 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 15 kHz and lessthan or equal to 180 kHz, and the random access information is a randompreamble, an orthogonal sequence code, or a modulation symbol.

Optionally, a bandwidth occupied by each PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 0 and less than 3.75 kHz. For example, when abandwidth occupied by each PRACH channel in the frequency domain is 1.25kHz or 2.5 kHz, only one piece of single-carrier random accessinformation is sent on each PRACH channel.

The random preamble includes a cyclic prefix CP and a sequence SEQ. Therandom preamble is generated by a Zadoff-Chu sequence having azero-correlation zone, or generated by one or more ZC root sequences.The terminal uses a random preamble sequence set configured on a networkside. A quantity of available random preambles in each cell may beconfigured on the network side or clearly specified in a standard orspecification. A random preamble sequence is first obtained bycyclically shifting a ZC root sequence. If a required quantity ofavailable random preambles in each cell cannot be generated bycyclically shifting a single ZC root sequence, another random preamblesequence is generated from a ZC root sequence corresponding to asubsequent logic index. Logic indexes are cyclic and continuous andvalues of the logic indexes approximately range from 0 to 837.

The u^(th) ZC root sequence x_(u)(n) is shown in formula (1), whereN_(ZC) is a length of the ZC sequence, for example, the length is aprime number such as 139, 251, or 839. A random access preamble isobtained by cyclically shifting the u^(th) ZC root sequence x_(u)(n) byN_(CS) according to formula (2).

$\begin{matrix}{{{x_{u}(n)} = e^{{- j}\frac{\pi \; {{un}{({n + 1})}}}{N_{ZC}}}},{0 \leq n \leq {N_{ZC} - 1}}} & (1) \\{{x_{u,v}(n)} = {x_{u}\left( {\left( {n + C_{v}} \right)\mspace{11mu} {mod}\mspace{11mu} N_{ZC}} \right)}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

In the formulas, u is a ZC root sequence index, N_(CS) is a cyclic shiftlength, a cell coverage radius depends on the cyclic shift N_(CS), C_(v)is a cyclic shift value, v is a cycle quantity, and mod is a symbol of aMOD function. Available random preambles in each cell are obtainedaccording to an extended sequence quantity obtained by using different uvalues and a cyclic shift for sequence generation, and the terminalrandomly selects and sends one of the available random preambles of eachcell.

It should be noted that when the random access information is anorthogonal sequence code, the orthogonal sequence code is not generatedfrom a ZC sequence, but the orthogonal sequence code meetsorthogonality, for example, an orthogonal code generated by a Hadamard(Hadamard) matrix. A quantity of available orthogonal sequence codes ineach cell may be configured on the network side or clearly specified ina standard or specification. An available orthogonal sequence code setfor each cell is configured on the network side, or generated accordingto a preset rule. The terminal randomly selects and sends one of theavailable orthogonal sequence codes of each cell. When the random accessinformation is a modulation symbol, and the terminal needs to senduplink data, the terminal directly sends, on a PRACH channel, a symbolobtained by modulating the uplink data, or the terminal sends aparticular modulation symbol on the PRACH channel. Information carriedin the modulation symbol is used to request, from the base station, aresource for sending the uplink data.

Specifically, the terminal may send the random access information to thebase station on the PRACH by using different methods. Details are asfollows.

Method 1: The terminal sends a randomly selected random preamble ororthogonal sequence code to the base station on a randomly selectedPRACH channel at each random access information sending opportunity.

That is, formats of random preambles or orthogonal sequence codes usedby the terminal are the same, and sequence sets of used random preamblesor orthogonal sequence codes are the same. The sequence sets may bepreset, or may be configured in system information. The terminalrandomly selects one random preamble or orthogonal sequence code fromthe sequence sets, and sends the random preamble or the orthogonalsequence code. A bandwidth occupied by each PRACH channel in thefrequency domain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 15 kHz andless than or equal to 180 kHz, or is greater than 0 and less than 3.75kHz. When there is at least one PRACH channel at a same sending momentin the frequency domain, the terminal randomly selects a PRACH channeland sends a randomly selected random preamble or orthogonal sequencecode on the PRACH channel.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a random preamble or an orthogonalsequence code is sent within 3.75 kHz, and a subcarrier spacing for therandom preamble is 1.25 kHz, 312.5 Hz, or smaller. One PRB includes 483.75 kHz subcarriers or 12 15 kHz subcarriers. All or some of thesesubcarriers may be configured by the base station to send a randompreamble or an orthogonal sequence code. For example, a bandwith of eachPRACH channel is 3.75 kHz, and all of the 48 subcarriers in one PRB areconfigured as PRACH channels. The terminal may randomly select onerandom preamble or orthogonal sequence code from a sequence set ofrandom preambles or orthogonal sequence codes according to configurationinformation of the system information, and randomly select one of the 48PRACH channels to send the random preamble or the orthogonal sequencecode.

Method 2: The terminal sends a random preamble or an orthogonal sequencecode to the base station at n times, where the terminal occupies a PRACHchannel at each random access information sending opportunity, to send asegment of the random preamble or the orthogonal sequence code, and n isan integer greater than or equal to 1.

That is, formats of random preambles or orthogonal sequence codes usedby the terminal are the same, and sequence sets of used random preamblesor orthogonal sequence codes are the same. The sequence sets may bepreset, or may be configured in system information. The terminalrandomly selects one random preamble or orthogonal sequence code fromthe sequence sets, and sends the random preamble or the orthogonalsequence code. Each random preamble is not sent at a time, but issegmented and sent by segments. For example, for a random preamble or anorthogonal sequence code with a length of 139 or 571.

the terminal sends three symbols of the random preamble or theorthogonal sequence code each time and occupies three subcarriers in thefrequency domain, occupies next three subcarriers at next sending, andso on. A format of sending a preamble in the time domain is shown inFIG. 8 or FIG. 9. When a random preamble with a length of 139 is sent, asubcarrier spacing used for sending the random preamble on the PRACHchannel is 1.25 kHz; or when a random preamble with a length of 571 issent, a subcarrier spacing used for sending the random preamble on thePRACH channel is 312.5 Hz.

It should be noted that each random access information sendingopportunity refers to a sending moment of a PRACH channel, that is,specific radio frames and/or subframes in which the PRACH channel isallowed to be sent; or further includes frequency resource informationoccupied by a PRACH channel when the PRACH channel is sent at acorresponding moment. Information about the random access informationsending opportunity may be configured in the system information and/orspecified in a standard or specification.

Further, before the terminal sends the random access information to thebase station, the method further includes:

sending, by the base station, system information to the terminal, wherethe system information includes configuration information of the PRACHchannel, and the configuration information of the PRACH channel includesinformation about a type 1 PRACH channel and/or information about a type2 PRACH channel.

A bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 0 and less than 3.75kHz. The information about the type 1 PRACH channel includes at leastone of the following: a quantity of type 1 PRACH channels, time-domaininformation including specific frames or subframes in which sending isallowed, a quantity of type 1 PRACH channels in the frequency domain, orindex or location information of the type 1 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

A bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz. Theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels, time-domain informationincluding specific frames or subframes in which sending is allowed, aquantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index orlocation information of the type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain.

It should be noted that the type 1 PRACH channel and the type 2 PRACHchannel may be multiplexed in TDM manner or an FDM manner. That is, whenthe TDM is used for the type 1 PRACH channel and the type 2 PRACHchannel, the system information is used to indicate that time-domaininformation corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and time-domaininformation corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel are mutuallyexclusive, that is, no type 2 PRACH channel is available when the type 1PRACH channel is available, or no type 1 PRACH channel is available whenthe type 2 PRACH channel is available. When the FDM is used for the type1 PRACH channel and the type 2 PRACH channel, the system information isused to indicate that frequency-domain information corresponding to thetype 1 PRACH channel and frequency-domain information corresponding tothe type 2 PRACH channel are mutually exclusive, that is, no type 2PRACH channel is available on a frequency on which the type 1 PRACHchannel is available, or no type 1 PRACH channel is available on afrequency on which the type 2 PRACH channel is available.

In addition, a time-frequency resource location occupied by the type 1PRACH channel may be the same as or different from a time-frequencyresource location occupied by the type 1 uplink resource. Atime-frequency resource location occupied by the type 2 PRACH channelmay be the same as or different from a time-frequency resource locationoccupied by the type 2 uplink resource.

After the base station sends the system information to the terminal,when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 2 terminal capability, the terminal sends the random accessinformation to the base station on the type 1 PRACH channel; or when theterminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or the type 3terminal capability, the terminal sends the random access information tothe base station on the type 2 PRACH channel.

That is, the PRACH channel includes the type 1 PRACH channel and thetype 2 PRACH channel. The type 1 PRACH channel is used to send therandom access information when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability. The type 2 PRACH channel is used to send the random accessinformation when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capabilityand/or the type 3 terminal capability.

The type 1 PRACH channel may be configured by the base station andinclude a plurality of 3.75 kHz subcarriers or sub-channels or aplurality of 15 kHz subcarriers in the frequency domain. Each PRACHchannel occupies one 3.75 kHz subcarrier or sub-channel or one 15 kHzsubcarrier in the frequency domain. The type 2 PRACH channel is lessthan or equal to 180 kHz in the frequency domain, and each PRACH channeloccupies 139 subcarriers or subcarriers with a prime-number quantitysuch as 251 or 571. When 139 subcarriers are occupied, a random preambleor an orthogonal sequence code is sent at a subcarrier spacing of 1.25kHz; or when 571 subcarriers are occupied, a random preamble or anorthogonal sequence code is sent at a subcarrier spacing of 312.5 Hz.Specifically, a process of sending the random access information on thetype 1 PRACH channel and the type 2 PRACH channel is similar to that inmethod 1, and details are not described again in this embodiment of thepresent invention.

It should be noted that the terminal may send the random accessinformation to the base station on the type 1 PRACH channel by usingeither method 1 or method 2, and this is not specifically limited in thepresent invention. The terminal may send the random access informationto the base station on the type 2 PRACH channel by using either method 1or method 2, or by using a random access code sending format defined inan LTE system, and this is not specifically limited in the presentinvention.

Correspondingly, the method further includes:

Operation 209: The base station receives the random access informationsent on the PRACH by the terminal.

When the terminal sends the random access information to the basestation by using method 3, the base station receives the random accessinformation sent on the PRACH by the terminal. Specifically, when theterminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or the type 2terminal capability, the base station receives, on the type 1 PRACHchannel, the random access information sent by the terminal; or when theterminal supports the type 3 terminal capability, the terminal receives,on the type 2 PRACH channel, the random access information sent by theterminal.

Further, referring to FIG. 10, when terminal capabilities supported bythe terminal are different, after the base station receives the randomaccess information sent by the terminal, the method may differ, and isas follows:

When the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 2 terminal capability, after the base station receives, on the type1 PRACH channel, the random access information sent by the terminal, themethod further includes:

Operation 210 a: The base station sends, on a downlink resourcecorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and according to a timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel, an RAR to theterminal.

The timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel isused to indicate a timing relationship between the random accessinformation sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

It should be noted that the timing relationship between the randomaccess information sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the basestation refers to a time difference between a subframe number of an endsubframe for sending the random access information by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the RAR by the basestation, and a frame quantity, a subframe quantity, a scheduling timeinterval TTI quantity, or the like is used as a unit. Alternatively,when a plurality of subframes are occupied for sending the random accessinformation by the terminal, the timing relationship may refer to a timedifference between a subframe number of a start subframe for sending therandom access information by the terminal and a subframe number of astart subframe for sending the RAR by the base station, or refer to atime difference, when the base station correctly receives the randomaccess information sent by the terminal, between a subframe number of asubframe for sending the random access information and a subframe numberof a start subframe for sending the RAR by the base station. Forexample, a time difference T31 between a subframe number of an endsubframe for sending the random access information by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the RAR by the basestation is used in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10A. RAIrepresents the random access information.

In addition, the timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACHchannel may be preset, or be included in the system information, andthis is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the presentinvention. Being preset means having been clearly specified in astandard or specification.

Correspondingly, the method further includes:

Operation 211 a: The terminal receives, on the downlink resourcecorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and according to the timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel, the RAR sent bythe base station.

When the terminal supports the type 3 terminal capability, after thebase station receives, on the type 2 PRACH channel, the random accessinformation sent by the terminal, the method further includes:

Operation 210 b: The base station sends, on a downlink resourcecorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel and according to a timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, an RAR to theterminal.

The timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel isused to indicate a timing relationship between the random accessinformation sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

It should be noted that the timing relationship between the randomaccess information sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the basestation refers to a time difference between a subframe number of an endsubframe for sending the random access information by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the RAR by the basestation, and a frame quantity, a subframe quantity, a scheduling timeinterval TTI quantity, or the like is used as a unit. Alternatively,when a plurality of subframes are occupied for sending the random accessinformation by the terminal, the timing relationship may refer to a timedifference between a subframe number of a start subframe for sending therandom access information by the terminal and a subframe number of astart subframe for sending the RAR by the base station, or refer to atime difference, when the base station correctly receives the randomaccess information sent by the terminal, between a subframe number of asubframe for sending the random access information and a subframe numberof a start subframe for sending the RAR by the base station. Forexample, a time difference T32 between a subframe number of an endsubframe for sending the random access information by the terminal and asubframe number of a start subframe for sending the RAR by the basestation is used in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10B.

In addition, the timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACHchannel may be preset, or be included in the system information, andthis is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the presentinvention. Being preset means having been clearly specified in astandard or specification.

In addition, the timing relationship T31 corresponding to the type 1PRACH channel may be the same as or different from the timingrelationship T32 corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel.

Correspondingly, the method further includes:

Operation 211 b: The terminal receives, on the downlink resourcecorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the basestation according to the timing relationship corresponding to the type 2PRACH channel.

It should be noted that the type 1 PRACH channel is corresponding to adownlink resource, and the type 2 PRACH channel is corresponding to adownlink resource. The correspondence herein is a correspondence betweentypes of uplink and downlink resources, and does not represent acorrespondence between quantities of uplink and downlink resources. Forexample, the type 1 downlink resource is one physical resource blockPRB, that is, 180 kHz, a bandwith of the type 1 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain is 3.75 kHz, and the 180 kHz type 1 downlink resourcemay be corresponding to at least one type 1 PRACH channel. A specificcorrespondence may be preset. For example, a correspondence is relatedto a frequency band used in a system and is clearly specified in astandard or specification, or a correspondence is obtained according toa downlink synchronization signal or a reference signal that is sent bya system, or notification may be provided in system information. This isnot limited in this embodiment of the present invention. In addition,the downlink resource corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and thedownlink resource corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel may be thesame or different in the time domain or in the frequency domain. Whenthe downlink resource corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and thedownlink resource corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel are the samein the time domain and in the frequency domain, the downlink resourcecorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and the downlink resourcecorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel indicate a same downlinkresource. In this case, the same downlink resource may be correspondingto both the type 1 PRACH channel and the type 2 PRACH channel. When thedownlink resource corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and thedownlink resource corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel may bedifferent in the time domain, or in the frequency domain, or in both thetime domain and the frequency domain, that the downlink resources aredifferent in the time domain includes at least one of the following:different time startpoints, different periods, or different duration,and that the downlink resources are different in the frequency domainincludes at least one of the following: different occupied frequencyranges, different occupied frequency startpoints, different quantitiesof occupied subcarriers, or the like. In addition, orthogonal frequencydivision multiplexing OFDM symbols are transmitted on both the downlinkresource corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel and the downlinkresource corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, and a subcarrierspacing is 15 kHz.

In addition, a sequence of performing the two groups of operations, thatis, operation 210 a and operation 211 a, and operation 210 b andoperation 211 b, is not limited, and the two groups of operations areparallel. Specifically, which group of operations is performed by thebase station and the terminal depends on a terminal capability supportedby the terminal.

According to the data transmission method provided in this embodiment ofthe present invention, the base station sends the system information tothe terminal, where the system information includes the first indicationinformation used to indicate the uplink resource used for sending theuplink data or the uplink control information by the terminal, and thefirst indication information includes the information used to indicatewhether the uplink resource is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource, and the time-domain information and/or thefrequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource; and then, the terminal obtains the first indicationinformation of the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data orthe uplink control information, sends, based on the first indicationinformation, uplink and downlink data sent and received on correspondinguplink and downlink resources, and implements random access of theterminal. In this way, based on an existing LTE system, the base stationcan perform uplink and downlink data transmission with the terminal thatsupports any one, two, or three of the type 1 terminal capability, thetype 2 terminal capability, or the type 3 terminal capability. Thisimproves utilization of the LTE system and the base station.

As shown in FIG. 11, an embodiment of the present invention provides aterminal. The terminal is configured to perform the operations performedby the terminal in the foregoing method. The terminal may includemodules corresponding to corresponding operations, and for example, mayinclude:

an obtaining unit 301, configured to obtain first indication informationof an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink controlinformation.

The first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource. The type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and at least oneFDMA symbol in a time domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel isapproximately 3.75 kHz. The type 2 uplink resource includes at least onesubcarrier in the frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol inthe time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than orequal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrierspacing is 15 kHz.

The first indication information of the uplink resource further includestime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

Optionally, the obtaining unit 301 may be configured to:

receive system information sent by a base station, where the systeminformation includes the time-domain information and/or thefrequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource, and/or thetime-domain information and/or the frequency-domain information of thetype 2 uplink resource.

Optionally, if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, thefirst indication information is used to indicate that the uplinkresource is the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3terminal capability, the first indication information is used toindicate that the uplink resource is the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability and a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 12, the terminal further includes:

a sending unit 302, configured to: if the terminal supports the type 1terminal capability, send the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation on the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability or the type 3terminal capability, send the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation on the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, send the uplink data orthe uplink control information on the type 1 uplink resource or the type2 uplink resource.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit 301is further configured to obtain second indication information of theuplink resource used for sending the uplink data. The second indicationinformation includes subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal.

The subcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain.

The sub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit 301may be configured to:

receive downlink control information DCI or a random access response RARsent by the base station, where the DCI or the RAR includes the secondindication information.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 302 maybe configured to:

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, send the uplinkdata on the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability or the type 3terminal capability, send the uplink data on the type 2 uplink resource;or

if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, send the uplink data onthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 302 isfurther configured to:

send, on the type 1 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled by using scheduling information, where the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationincluded in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information.

Correspondingly, the obtaining unit 301 is further configured to: afterthe sending unit 302 sends the uplink data scheduled by using thescheduling information, receive, on the type 1 downlink resourceaccording to a second timing relationship corresponding to the type 1uplink resource, response feedback information sent by the base station.The second timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between the uplinkdata sent by the terminal and the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 302 isfurther configured to:

send, on the type 2 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled by using scheduling information, where the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationincluded in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information.

Correspondingly, the obtaining unit 301 is further configured to: afterthe sending unit 302 sends the uplink data scheduled by using thescheduling information, receive, on the type 2 downlink resourceaccording to a second timing relationship corresponding to the type 2uplink resource, response feedback information sent by the base station.The second timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between the uplinkdata sent by the terminal and the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit 301is further configured to:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, detect theDCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RARfurther includes the scheduling information used to schedule theterminal to send the uplink data;

when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, detect the DCI or the RAR on the type 2 downlinkresource, where the DCI or the RAR includes the scheduling informationused to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, detect the DCI or the RARon the type 1 downlink resource and/or the type 2 downlink resource,where the DCI or the RAR includes the scheduling information used toschedule the terminal to send the uplink data.

Optionally, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capabilityand the type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, the DCI or theRAR further includes third indication information used to indicatewhether the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

Specifically, if the received DCI is in a first DCI format, the thirdindication information indicates subcarrier information or sub-channelinformation of the type 1 uplink resource used for sending the uplinkdata by the terminal; or if the received DCI is in a second DCI format,the third indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 2 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or

if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a first scrambling code, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in the DCI is scrambledby using a second scrambling code, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 302 isfurther configured to send random access information on a PRACH. Abandwidth occupied by each PRACH channel in the frequency domain isapproximately 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, or is greater than 15 kHz and lessthan or equal to 180 kHz, and the random access information is a randompreamble, an orthogonal sequence code, or a modulation symbol.

Optionally, the obtaining unit 301 is further configured to receivesystem information sent by the base station. The system informationincludes configuration information of the PRACH channel, and theconfiguration information of the PRACH channel includes informationabout a type 1 PRACH channel and/or information about a type 2 PRACHchannel.

A bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and the information about the type 1 PRACHchannel includes at least one of the following: a quantity of type 1PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index or location informationof the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequency domain.

A bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain,or index or location information of the type 2 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 302 isconfigured to:

send a randomly selected random preamble to the base station on arandomly selected PRACH channel at each random access informationsending opportunity; or

send a random preamble to the base station at n times, where a PRACHchannel is occupied at each random access information sendingopportunity, to send a segment of the random preamble, and n is aninteger greater than or equal to 1.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 302 isconfigured to:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 2 terminal capability, send the random access information to thebase station on the type 1 PRACH channel; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 3 terminal capability, send the random access information to thebase station on the type 2 PRACH channel.

Further, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capabilityand/or the type 2 terminal capability, the obtaining unit 301 is furtherconfigured to receive, on a downlink resource corresponding to the type1 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationship corresponding tothe type 1 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the base station. The timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel is used toindicate a timing relationship between the random access informationsent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

Correspondingly, when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and/or the type 3 terminal capability, the obtaining unit 301is further configured to receive, on a downlink resource correspondingto the type 2 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel, the RAR sent by the basestation. The timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACHchannel is used to indicate a timing relationship between the randomaccess information sent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the basestation.

According to the terminal provided in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the terminal obtains the first indication information of theuplink resource used for sending the uplink data or the uplink controlinformation, where the first indication information includes theinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource, and the time-domaininformation and/or the frequency-domain information of the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource; and then, the terminal sends,based on the first indication information, uplink and downlink data sentand received on corresponding uplink and downlink resources. In thisway, based on an existing LTE system, the base station can performuplink and downlink data transmission with the terminal that supportsany one, two, or three of the type 1 terminal capability, the type 2terminal capability, or the type 3 terminal capability. This improvesutilization of the LTE system and the base station.

As shown in FIG. 13, an embodiment of the present invention provides abase station. The base station is configured to perform the operationsperformed by the base station in the foregoing method. The base stationmay include modules corresponding to corresponding operations, and forexample, includes:

a sending unit 401, configured to send system information to a terminal,where the system information includes first indication information usedto indicate an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplinkcontrol information by the terminal.

The first indication information of the uplink resource includesinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource. The type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and at least oneSC-FDMA symbol in a time domain, where when a subcarrier quantity isgreater than or equal to 2, subcarriers are orthogonal to each other,and a subcarrier spacing is 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resourceincludes at least one sub-channel in a frequency domain and at least oneFDMA symbol in a time domain, where a bandwith of each sub-channel is3.75 kHz. The type 2 uplink resource includes at least one subcarrier inthe frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol in the time domain,where when a subcarrier quantity is greater than or equal to 2,subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is 15kHz.

The first indication information of the uplink resource further includestime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

Optionally, if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, thefirst indication information is used to indicate that the uplinkresource is the type 1 uplink resource;

if the terminal supports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3terminal capability, the first indication information is used toindicate that the uplink resource is the type 2 uplink resource; or

if the terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability and a type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability and a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 401 isfurther configured to send DCI or an RAR to the terminal. The DCI or theRAR includes second indication information used to indicate the uplinkresource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

The second indication information includes subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

The subcarrier information includes at least one of the following: asubcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicatea location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain.

The sub-channel information includes at least one of the following: asub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or information used toindicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in the frequencydomain.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 402is further configured to receive, on the type 1 uplink resource, theuplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource by the terminal thatsupports the type 1 terminal capability; or

receive, on the type 2 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type2 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 2 terminalcapability or the type 3 terminal capability; or

receive, on the type 1 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type1 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability; or receive, on the type 2uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource bythe terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability.

Further, referring to FIG. 14, the receiving unit 402 is furtherconfigured to:

receive, on the type 1 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, the uplinkdata that is scheduled by using scheduling information and that is sentby the terminal, where the first timing relationship corresponding tothe type 1 uplink resource is used to indicate a timing relationshipbetween the scheduling information included in the DCI or the RAR andthe uplink data scheduled by using the scheduling information.

Correspondingly, the sending unit 401 is further configured to: afterthe uplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling informationand that is sent by the terminal is received on the type 1 uplinkresource, send, on the type 1 downlink resource according to a secondtiming relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource,response feedback information to the terminal. The second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 401is further configured to:

receive, on the type 2 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource, the uplinkdata that is scheduled by using scheduling information and that is sentby the terminal, where the first timing relationship corresponding tothe type 2 uplink resource is used to indicate a timing relationshipbetween the scheduling information included in the DCI or the RAR andthe uplink data scheduled by using the scheduling information.

Correspondingly, the sending unit 402 is further configured to: afterthe uplink data that is scheduled by using the scheduling informationand that is sent by the terminal is received on the type 2 uplinkresource, send, on the type 2 downlink resource according to a secondtiming relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource,response feedback information to the terminal. The second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.

Further, the sending unit 402 is further configured to:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, send the DCIor the RAR on the type 1 downlink resource, where the DCI or the RARfurther includes the scheduling information used to schedule theterminal to send the uplink data;

when the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, send the DCI or the RAR on the type 2 downlinkresource, where the DCI or the RAR includes the scheduling informationused to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data; or

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 3 terminal capability, send the DCI or the RARon the type 1 downlink resource and/or the type 2 downlink resource,where the DCI or the RAR includes the scheduling information used toschedule the terminal to send the uplink data.

In another embodiment of the present invention, when the DCI or the RARincludes the second indication information, and the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 2 terminal capability or theterminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminalcapability, the DCI or the RAR further includes third indicationinformation used to indicate whether the uplink resource used forsending the uplink data by the terminal is the type 1 uplink resource orthe type 2 uplink resource.

Specifically, if the DCI is in a first DCI format, the third indicationinformation indicates subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 1 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal; or if the DCI is in a second DCI format, the third indicationinformation indicates subcarrier information or sub-channel informationof the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by theterminal; or

if CRC in the DCI is scrambled by using a first scrambling code, thethird indication information indicates subcarrier information orsub-channel information of the type 1 uplink resource used for sendingthe uplink data by the terminal; or if the CRC in the DCI is scrambledby using a second scrambling code, the third indication informationindicates subcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 401is further configured to receive random access information sent on aphysical random access channel PRACH by the terminal. A bandwidthoccupied by each PRACH channel in the frequency domain is 3.75 kHz or 15kHz, or is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, andthe random access information is a random preamble, an orthogonalsequence code, or a modulation symbol.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 401 isfurther configured to send system information to the terminal. Thesystem information includes configuration information of the PRACHchannel, and the configuration information of the PRACH channel includesinformation about a type 1 PRACH channel and/or information about a type2 PRACH channel.

A bandwidth occupied by each type 1 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and the information about the type 1 PRACHchannel includes at least one of the following: a quantity of type 1PRACH channels in the frequency domain, or index or location informationof the type 1 PRACH channel in the frequency domain.

A bandwidth occupied by each type 2 PRACH channel in the frequencydomain is greater than 15 kHz and less than or equal to 180 kHz, and theinformation about the type 2 PRACH channel includes at least one of thefollowing: a quantity of type 2 PRACH channels in the frequency domain,or index or location information of the type 2 PRACH channel in thefrequency domain.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 402is configured to:

receive a randomly selected random preamble sent by the terminal on arandomly selected PRACH channel at each random access informationsending opportunity; or

receive a random preamble sent by the terminal at n times, where theterminal occupies a PRACH channel at each random access informationsending opportunity, to send a segment of the random preamble, and n isan integer greater than or equal to 1.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 402is further configured to:

when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and/or thetype 2 terminal capability, receive, on the type 1 PRACH channel, therandom access information sent by the terminal; or

when the terminal supports the type 3 terminal capability, receive, onthe type 2 PRACH channel, the random access information sent by theterminal.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit 401 isfurther configured to send, on a downlink resource corresponding to thetype 1 PRACH channel and according to a timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel, the RAR to the terminal. Thetiming relationship corresponding to the type 1 PRACH channel is used toindicate a timing relationship between the random access informationsent by the terminal and the RAR sent by the base station.

Correspondingly, the sending unit 401 is further configured to send, ona downlink resource corresponding to the type 2 PRACH channel andaccording to a timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 PRACHchannel, the RAR to the terminal. The timing relationship correspondingto the type 2 PRACH channel is used to indicate a timing relationshipbetween the random access information sent by the terminal and the RARsent by the base station.

According to the base station provided in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the base station sends the system information to theterminal, where the system information includes the first indicationinformation used to indicate the uplink resource used for sending theuplink data or the uplink control information by the terminal, and thefirst indication information includes the information used to indicatewhether the uplink resource is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource, and the time-domain information and/or thefrequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource; and then, the terminal obtains the first indicationinformation of the uplink resource used for sending the uplink data orthe uplink control information, and sends, based on the first indicationinformation, uplink and downlink data sent and received on correspondinguplink and downlink resources. In this way, based on an existing LTEsystem, the base station can perform uplink and downlink datatransmission with the terminal that supports any one, two, or three ofthe type 1 terminal capability, the type 2 terminal capability, or thetype 3 terminal capability. This improves utilization of the LTE systemand the base station.

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to anembodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, the terminalincludes a processor 51, a memory 52, a system bus 53, and acommunications interface 54.

Persons of ordinary skill in the art can understand that a structureshown in FIG. 15 is merely an example, and is not construed aslimitation on the structure of the terminal. For example, the terminalmay alternatively include more or fewer components than those shown inFIG. 15, or may have a configuration different from that shown in FIG.15.

The following describes each constituent part of the terminal in detail.

The memory 52 is configured to store a computer executable instruction,the processor 51 is connected to the memory 52 by using the system bus53, and when the terminal runs, the processor 51 executes the computerexecutable instruction stored in the memory 52, so that the terminalperforms the operations performed by the terminal in the method processshown in any one of FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 10.For a specific method, refer to related descriptions of the embodimentin any one of FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 10.Details are not described herein again.

This embodiment further provides a storage medium. The storage mediummay include the memory 52.

The processor 51 may be a central processing unit (CPU). Alternatively,the processor 51 may be another general purpose processor, a digitalsignal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit(ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or another programmablelogic device, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, a discretehardware assembly, or the like. The general purpose processor may be amicroprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor orthe like.

The processor 51 may be a dedicated processor. The dedicated processormay include at least one of a baseband processing chip, a radiofrequency processing chip, or the like. Further, the dedicated processormay further include a chip having another dedicated processing functionof the terminal.

The memory 52 may include a volatile memory (volatile memory), such as arandom access memory (RAM); or the memory 52 may include a non-volatilememory (non-volatile memory), such as a read-only memory (read-onlymemory, ROM), a flash memory, a hard disk drive HDD), or a solid-statedrive (SSD); or the memory 52 may include a combination of the foregoingtypes of memories.

The system bus 53 may include a data bus, a power bus, a control bus, asignal status bus, and the like. For clear description in thisembodiment, various buses in FIG. 22 are marked as the system bus 53.

The communications interface 54 may be a transceiver on the terminal.The transceiver may be a radio transceiver. For example, the radiotransceiver may be an antenna or the like of the terminal. The processor51 receives data from or sends data to another device such as a basestation by using the communications interface 54.

In a specific implementation process, all the operations performed bythe terminal in the method process shown in any one of FIG. 2, FIG. 3,FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 10 may be implemented by executing, bythe processor 51 in a hardware form, a computer executable instructionin a software form that is stored in the memory 52. To avoid repetition,details are not described herein again.

According to the terminal provided in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the terminal obtains first indication information of anuplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink controlinformation, where the first indication information includes informationused to indicate whether the uplink resource is a type 1 uplink resourceor a type 2 uplink resource, and time-domain information and/orfrequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2uplink resource; and then, the terminal sends, based on the firstindication information, uplink and downlink data sent and received oncorresponding uplink and downlink resources. In this way, based on anexisting LTE system, a base station can perform uplink and downlink datatransmission with a terminal that supports any one, two, or three of atype 1 terminal capability, a type 2 terminal capability, or a type 3terminal capability. This improves utilization of the LTE system and thebase station.

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according toan embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 16, the basestation includes a processor 61, a memory 62, a system bus 63, and acommunications interface 64.

Persons of ordinary skill in the art can understand that a structureshown in FIG. 16 is merely an example, and is not construed aslimitation on the structure of the base station. For example, the basestation may alternatively include more or fewer components than thoseshown in FIG. 16, or may have a configuration different from that shownin FIG. 16.

The following describes each constituent part of the base station indetail.

The memory 62 is configured to store a computer executable instruction,the processor 61 is connected to the memory 62 by using the system bus63, and when the base station runs, the processor 61 executes thecomputer executable instruction stored in the memory 62, so that thebase station performs the operations performed by the base station inthe method shown in any one of FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6,or FIG. 10. For a specific method, refer to related descriptions of theembodiment in any one of FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG.10. Details are not described herein again.

This embodiment further provides a storage medium. The storage mediummay include the memory 62.

The processor 61 may be a CPU. Alternatively, the processor 61 may beanother general purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or anotherprogrammable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, adiscrete hardware assembly, or the like. The general purpose processormay be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventionalprocessor or the like.

The processor 61 may be a dedicated processor. The dedicated processormay include at least one of a baseband processing chip, a radiofrequency processing chip, or the like. Further, the dedicated processormay further include a chip having another dedicated processing functionof the base station.

The memory 62 may include a volatile memory, for example, a randomaccess memory RAM; or the memory 62 may include a non-volatile memory,for example, a read-only memory ROM, a flash memory, an HDD, or an SSD;or the memory 62 may include a combination of the foregoing types ofmemories.

The system bus 63 may include a data bus, a power bus, a control bus, asignal status bus, and the like. For clear description in thisembodiment, various buses in FIG. 23 are marked as the system bus 63.

The communications interface 64 may be a transceiver on the basestation. The transceiver may be a radio transceiver. For example, theradio transceiver may be an antenna or the like of the base station. Theprocessor 61 receives data from or sends data to another device, such asa terminal, by using the communications interface 64.

In a specific implementation process, all the operations performed bythe base station in the method process shown in any one of FIG. 2, FIG.3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 10 may be implemented by executing,by the processor 61 in a hardware form, a computer executableinstruction in a software form that is stored in the memory 62. To avoidrepetition, details are not described herein again.

According to the base station provided in this embodiment of the presentinvention, the base station sends system information to a terminal,where the system information includes first indication information usedto indicate an uplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplinkcontrol information by the terminal, and the first indicationinformation includes information used to indicate whether the uplinkresource is a type 1 uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource, andtime-domain information and/or frequency-domain information of the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource; and then, the terminalobtains the first indication information of the uplink resource used forsending the uplink data or the uplink control information, and sends,based on the first indication information, uplink and downlink data sentand received on corresponding uplink and downlink resources. In thisway, based on an existing LTE system, the base station can performuplink and downlink data transmission with a terminal that supports anyone, two, or three of a type 1 terminal capability, a type 2 terminalcapability, or a type 3 terminal capability. This improves utilizationof the LTE system and the base station.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the present inventionbut not for limiting the present invention. Although the presentinvention is described in detail with reference to the foregoingembodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand thatthey may still make modifications to the technical solutions describedin the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to sometechnical features thereof, without departing from the spirit and scopeof the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A data transmission method, comprising:obtaining, by a terminal, first indication information of an uplinkresource used for sending uplink data or uplink control information,wherein the first indication information of the uplink resourcecomprises information used to indicate whether the uplink resource is atype 1 uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource; the type 1 uplinkresource comprises at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain and atleast one single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA)symbol in a time domain, wherein when a subcarrier quantity of aplurality of subcarriers is greater than or equal to 2, the subcarriersare orthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is approximately3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplink resource comprises at least onesub-channel in the frequency domain and at least one frequency divisionmultiple access (FDMA) symbol in the time domain, wherein a bandwith ofeach sub-channel is approximately 3.75 kHz; and the type 2 uplinkresource comprises at least one subcarrier in the frequency domain andat least one SC-FDMA symbol in the time domain, wherein when thesubcarrier quantity is greater than or equal to 2, the subcarriers areorthogonal to each other, and a subcarrier spacing is approximately 15kHz; and the first indication information of the uplink resource furthercomprises time-domain information and/or frequency-domain information ofthe type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the obtaining, by a terminal, firstindication information of an uplink resource used for sending uplinkdata or uplink control information comprises: receiving, by theterminal, system information from a base station, wherein the systeminformation comprises the time-domain information and/or thefrequency-domain information of the type 1 uplink resource, and/or thetime-domain information and/or the frequency-domain information of thetype 2 uplink resource.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein: ifthe terminal supports a type 1 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 1uplink resource; or if the terminal supports a type 2 terminalcapability or a type 3 terminal capability, the first indicationinformation is used to indicate that the uplink resource is the type 2uplink resource; or if the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, thefirst indication information is used to indicate that the uplinkresource is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource. 4.The method according to claim 1, wherein after the obtaining, by aterminal, first indication information, the method further comprises: ifthe terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, sending, by theterminal, the uplink data or the uplink control information on the type1 uplink resource; or if the terminal supports the type 2 terminalcapability or the type 3 terminal capability, sending, by the terminal,the uplink data or the uplink control information on the type 2 uplinkresource; or if the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability andthe type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supports the type 1terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, sending, by theterminal, the uplink data or the uplink control information on the type1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.
 5. The method accordingto claim 1, further comprising: obtaining, by the terminal, secondindication information of the uplink resource used for sending theuplink data, wherein the second indication information comprisessubcarrier information or sub-channel information of the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource used for sending the uplink databy the terminal; the subcarrier information comprises at least one ofthe following: a subcarrier quantity, a subcarrier index, or informationused to indicate a location or an index of a subcarrier in the frequencydomain; and the sub-channel information comprises at least one of thefollowing: a sub-channel quantity, a sub-channel index, or informationused to indicate a location or an index of a sub-channel in thefrequency domain.
 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein theobtaining, by the terminal, second indication information of the uplinkresource used for sending the uplink data comprises: receiving, by theterminal, downlink control information (DCI) or a random access response(RAR) from the base station, wherein the DCI or the RAR comprises thesecond indication information.
 7. The method according to claim 6,wherein after the receiving, by the terminal, DCI or an RAR from thebase station, the method further comprises: if the terminal supports thetype 1 terminal capability, sending, by the terminal, the uplink data onthe type 1 uplink resource; or if the terminal supports the type 2terminal capability or the type 3 terminal capability, sending, by theterminal, the uplink data on the type 2 uplink resource; or if theterminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2 terminalcapability, or the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability andthe type 3 terminal capability, sending, by the terminal, the uplinkdata on the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resource.
 8. Themethod according to claim 7, wherein the sending, by the terminal, theuplink data on the type 1 uplink resource comprises: sending, by theterminal on the type 1 uplink resource according to a first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, the uplinkdata scheduled using scheduling information, wherein the first timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the scheduling informationcomprised in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink data scheduled using thescheduling information.
 9. The method according to claim 8, furthercomprising: after the terminal sends the uplink data scheduled by usingthe scheduling information, receiving, by the terminal, on a type 1downlink resource according to a second timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, response feedbackinformation sent by the base station, wherein the second timingrelationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used toindicate a timing relationship between the uplink data sent by theterminal and the response feedback information corresponding to theuplink data.
 10. A data transmission method, comprising: sending, by abase station, system information to a terminal, wherein the systeminformation comprises first indication information used to indicate anuplink resource used for sending uplink data or uplink controlinformation by the terminal, wherein the first indication information ofthe uplink resource comprises information used to indicate whether theuplink resource is a type 1 uplink resource or a type 2 uplink resource;the type 1 uplink resource comprises at least one subcarrier in afrequency domain and at least one single-carrier frequency divisionmultiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol in a time domain, wherein when asubcarrier quantity of a plurality of subcarriers is greater than orequal to 2, the subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and asubcarrier spacing is approximately 3.75 kHz; or the type 1 uplinkresource comprises at least one sub-channel in the frequency domain andat least one frequency division multiple access (FDMA) symbol in thetime domain, wherein a bandwith of each sub-channel is approximately3.75 kHz; and the type 2 uplink resource comprises at least onesubcarrier in the frequency domain and at least one SC-FDMA symbol inthe time domain, wherein when the subcarrier quantity is greater than orequal to 2, the subcarriers are orthogonal to each other, and asubcarrier spacing is approximately 15 kHz; and the first indicationinformation of the uplink resource further comprises time-domaininformation and/or frequency-domain information of the type 1 uplinkresource or the type 2 uplink resource.
 11. The method according toclaim 10, wherein: if the terminal supports a type 1 terminalcapability, the first indication information is used to indicate thatthe uplink resource is the type 1 uplink resource; or if the terminalsupports a type 2 terminal capability or a type 3 terminal capability,the first indication information is used to indicate that the uplinkresource is the type 2 uplink resource; or if the terminal supports thetype 1 terminal capability and the type 2 terminal capability, or theterminal supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminalcapability, the first indication information is used to indicate thatthe uplink resource is the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplinkresource.
 12. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:sending, by the base station, downlink control information (DCI) or arandom access response (RAR) to the terminal, wherein the DCI or the RARcomprises second indication information used to indicate the uplinkresource used for sending the uplink data by the terminal; the secondindication information comprises subcarrier information or sub-channelinformation of the type 1 uplink resource or the type 2 uplink resourceused for sending the uplink data by the terminal; the subcarrierinformation comprises at least one of the following: a subcarrierquantity, a subcarrier index, or information used to indicate a locationor an index of a subcarrier in the frequency domain; and the sub-channelinformation comprises at least one of the following: a sub-channelquantity, a sub-channel index, or information used to indicate alocation or an index of a sub-channel in the frequency domain.
 13. Themethod according to claim 12, wherein the DCI or the RAR furthercomprises scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to sendthe uplink data, and after the sending, by the base station, DCI or anRAR to the terminal, the method further comprises: receiving, on thetype 1 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplinkresource by the terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability;or receiving, on the type 2 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on thetype 2 uplink resource by the terminal that supports the type 2 terminalcapability or the type 3 terminal capability; or receiving, on the type1 uplink resource, the uplink data sent on the type 1 uplink resource bythe terminal that supports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 2terminal capability; or receiving, on the type 2 uplink resource, theuplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource by the terminal thatsupports the type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminalcapability.
 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the receiving,by the base station on the type 1 uplink resource, the uplink data senton the type 1 uplink resource by the terminal comprises: receiving, bythe base station, on the type 1 uplink resource according to a firsttiming relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplink resource, theuplink data that is scheduled using the scheduling information and thatis sent by the terminal, wherein the first timing relationshipcorresponding to the type 1 uplink resource is used to indicate a timingrelationship between the scheduling information comprised in the DCI orthe RAR and the uplink data scheduled using the scheduling information.15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising: after the basestation receives, on the type 1 uplink resource, the uplink data that isscheduled using the scheduling information and that is sent by theterminal, sending, by the base station on the type 1 downlink resourceaccording to a second timing relationship corresponding to the type 1uplink resource, response feedback information to the terminal, whereinthe second timing relationship corresponding to the type 1 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between the uplinkdata sent by the terminal and the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data.
 16. The method according to claim 13,wherein the receiving, by the base station on the type 2 uplinkresource, the uplink data sent on the type 2 uplink resource by theterminal comprises: receiving, by the base station on the type 2 uplinkresource according to a first timing relationship corresponding to thetype 2 uplink resource, the uplink data that is scheduled using thescheduling information and that is sent by the terminal, wherein thefirst timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplink resource isused to indicate a timing relationship between the schedulinginformation comprised in the DCI or the RAR and the uplink datascheduled using the scheduling information.
 17. The method according toclaim 16, wherein the method further comprises: after the base stationreceives, on the type 2 uplink resource, the uplink data that isscheduled using the scheduling information and that is sent by theterminal, sending, by the base station on the type 2 downlink resourceaccording to a second timing relationship corresponding to the type 2uplink resource, response feedback information to the terminal, whereinthe second timing relationship corresponding to the type 2 uplinkresource is used to indicate a timing relationship between the uplinkdata sent by the terminal and the response feedback informationcorresponding to the uplink data.
 18. The method according to claim 12,wherein: when the terminal supports the type 1 terminal capability, thesending, by the base station, DCI or an RAR to the terminal comprises:sending, by the base station, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlinkresource, wherein the DCI or the RAR further comprises the schedulinginformation used to schedule the terminal to send the uplink data; orwhen the terminal supports the type 2 terminal capability and the type 3terminal capability, the sending, by the base station, DCI or an RAR tothe terminal comprises: sending, by the base station, the DCI or the RARon the type 2 downlink resource, wherein the DCI or the RAR comprisesthe scheduling information used to schedule the terminal to send theuplink data; or when the terminal supports the type 1 terminalcapability and the type 2 terminal capability, or the terminal supportsthe type 1 terminal capability and the type 3 terminal capability, thesending, by the base station, DCI or an RAR to the terminal comprises:sending, by the base station, the DCI or the RAR on the type 1 downlinkresource and/or the type 2 downlink resource, wherein the DCI or the RARcomprises the scheduling information used to schedule the terminal tosend the uplink data.
 19. A terminal, wherein the terminal comprises aprocessor, a memory, a system bus, and a communications interface,wherein the memory is configured to store a computer executableinstruction, the processor is connected to the memory by using thesystem bus, and when the terminal runs, the processor executes thecomputer executable instruction stored in the memory, so that theterminal executes the data transmission method according to claim
 1. 20.A base station, wherein the base station comprises a processor, amemory, a system bus, and a communications interface, wherein the memoryis configured to store a computer executable instruction, the processoris connected to the memory by using the system bus, and when the basestation runs, the processor executes the computer executable instructionstored in the memory, so that the terminal executes the datatransmission method according to claim 10.